DRI Capital announced the final closing of its U.S. $1.45 billion Drug Royalty III private equity financing fund.

With available debt, the equity financing Fund gives DRI U.S. $3 billion of purchasing power.

DRI will use the equity financing Fund to continue to execute on its strategy of acquiring royalties from global pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, research institutions, universities, and inventors located worldwide.

Founded in 1992 as Drug Royalty Corporation, DRI Capital is the oldest and the largest healthcare royalty private equity financing manager in the world.

DRI, through its Drug Royalty managed funds, has acquired more than forty international life sciences royalty streams on such leading products as Cubicin, Enbrel, Myozyme, Remicade, Sensipar, Soliris, Stelara, Simponi, Synagis, Tysabri and Xolair, among many others over its 21 year history.

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